Support Matrix

Table 3. Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Rules for Non-dense, 2U Models Only (Dell
EMC PowerVault ME4012 and ME4024) (continued)
Rule SAS 10GBaseT
iSCSI
CNC
Up to nine additional ME412/ME424 expansion enclosures or three ME484 expansion
enclosures. A combination of ME412/ME424 and ME484 expansion enclosures is not
supported.
● 2U12 storage system + nine 2U12 expansion enclosures = 120 disk drives
● 2U12 storage system + nine 2U24 expansion enclosures = 228 disk drives
● 2U12 storage system + three 5U84 expansion enclosures = 264 disk drives
● 2U24 storage system + nine 2U12 expansion enclosures = 132 disk drives
● 2U24 storage system + nine 2U24 expansion enclosures = 240 disk drives
● 2U24 storage system + three 5U84 expansion enclosures = 276 disk drives
Embedded SMI-S provider:
● Maximum mapping paths (where a path is a volume that is presented through a
host port to an initiator) = 250
● SMI-S is not supported for a system with 5U84 enclosures
● Presenting the same volume (LUN) through FC AND iSCSI to one or more hosts or
host groups is not supported.
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Table 4. Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System rules for dense, 5U models only (Dell EMC
PowerVault ME4084)
Rule SAS 10GBaseT
iSCSI
CNC
System maximum is up to 4 PB or 336 disk drives, whichever comes first. For
example:
● 336 disk drives x 12 TB = 4 PB
● 252 disk drives x 16 TB = 4 PB
Support for up to three ME484 additional expansion enclosures:
● 5U84 storage systems + three 5U84 expansion enclosures = 336 disk drives
Disk drive blanks are not required for empty drive slots
Minimum number of disks in an enclosure is 28
● The number of rows must not differ by more than 1 between the top and bottom
drawers.
● The rows should be populated from front to rear of drawer
SMI-S is not supported for a system with 5U84 expansion enclosures
10 Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series storage system rules